Bottle carrier



Au 10, 1937. G W PEARCE 2,089,416

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed June 50, 1936 I nvcnlor W. Pearce Patented Aug. 10, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application June 30, 1936, Serial No. 88,247

1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in carriers whereby bottles of milk and similar articles can be carried about in safety and. with convenience.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a bottle carrier wherein the carrier is provided with means automatically gripping the bottle or bottles when the weight of. the bottle is imposed on the carrier.

These and various other important objects of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 represents a front elevational view of the carrier showing a bottle fragmentarily.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of one of the clamp members.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the cross members.

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of the carrier showing the bottles fragmentarily.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the frame of the carrier.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 66 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a perspective View of the tie rod.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts it can be seen in Figure 5 that the frame of the carrier consists of the elongated handle member 5 which at one end is provided with the extension 6 disposed through the intermediate portion of the cross member 1 and equipped with a nut 8 and while a threaded pin 9 projects from the opposite head of the handle 5 and is disposed through the cross member Ill. The member 9 is provided with a wing nut H. In this manner the frame as shown in Figure 5 is composed of a handle member 5 and cross members 'I and II) at respectively opposite 40 ends of the handle member. Each end of each of the cross members 1 and I0 is provided with a socket I2. Each of the cross members 1 and H] has a pair of hanger members I3, each of which is U-shaped having its bight portion extending laterally as at I4 while the ends of its leg portions are bent inwardly to provide pintles I5 which engage into the sockets I2.

As can be seen in Figure 4, a pair of these hangers I3 act to support a bcttle 16 by its neck head 51, as the curved portion M of the U-shaped hangers I3 engage under this bead and the ring members l3 serve to prevent the separation of these hangers as each ring member circumscribes the adjacent legs of the hangers as suggested in Figure 4.

Furthermore, an elongated tie rod I9 is employed provided with hook ends 20, which hook ends engage over the bight portions of the outermost hangers l3 of the carrier, and thus cause the bottles to be maintained in parallel relation so that they cannot swing against each other and perhaps break.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed cesses.

GEORGE W. PEARCE. 

